Three key strategies every company can use to enable a data science breakthrough

Three key strategies every company can use to enable a data science breakthrough

Image: iStock/Marek Uliasz The term “scientist” might conjure up the stereotypical image of a person in a white lab coat isolated in a science lab and staring intently at some colorful liquid in a beaker. However, the term “data scientist” doesn’t really fit that mold, does it? There’s no reason for a data scientist to don a white coat or play with beakers. In practice they should be an integral part of your corporate strategy, driving forward the development of your next innovation. The idea of stashing data scientists away in a data lab to focus purely on research and development is an interesting concept, but it’s not a great corporate move to spend all that money on a data think tank. As a rule of thumb that’s true; however,…